Intelsat Partnering on Optical Uplink, Downlink Tech

Intelsat and optical networking company Aalyria have signed a memorandum of understanding about partnering on optical uplinks and downlinks, the satellite operator said Tuesday. Intelsat Chief Technology Officer Bruno Fromont said the collaboration "will enable enhanced mobile broadband connections and represents another step forward towards our Next Generation Unifying Network vision enabled by software-defined networking, 5G and multi-orbit operations."